Lisa Blount, Arkansas actor-producer, dies at 53

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Ray McKinnon, center, and Lisa Blount, accept their Oscars for best live action short film for "The Accountant" during the 74th annual Academy Awards, in Los Angeles. A news release from publicist Steve Rohr has confirmed that Blount, the Arkansas-born actor and Academy Award winning filmmaker has died at age 53. Blount was living in Little Rock with her husband _ actor and director Ray McKinnon.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A publicist for Lisa Blount confirms that the Arkansas-born actor and Oscar-winning filmmaker has died at age 53.

Steve Rohr's statement did not provide a cause of death.

Pulaski County coroner Garland Camper told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette there were no signs of foul play.

Blount won an Academy Award in 2001 for best live-action short film as producer of "The Accountant." Her husband Ray McKinnon directed and starred in the film.

She also earned a Golden Globe nomination for playing Debra Winger's best friend in "An Officer and a Gentleman" in 1982.

Blount was born in Fayetteville and grew up in Jacksonville before moving to Los Angeles. Blount and McKinnon moved to Little Rock in 2005.